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Issue 2 (39)

POPULAR RUSSIAN ORTHODOX TRADITIONS OF THE BELORUSSIAN FARMERS-MIGRANTS IN THE TRANS-URAL
Year	2013	Number	2(39)
Pages	56-63	Type	scientific article
UDC	39(394.6)	BBK	63.5
Authors	Bagashev Anatoly N. Fedorov Roman Yu.	Topic	ETHNO-CULTURAL PANORAMA OF THE URALS
Summary	The article deals with the popular Russian Orthodox traditions maintained in the areas of compact settlement of the descendants of the Belorussian farmers who migrated into the Trans-Ural territories. Summing up the materials collected during field research expeditions the author performed a detailed study of various rituals still practiced in the territory of the Tyumen region, including carol singing with a “star”, “Candle” icon carrying ritual, immersion ritual which in some cases was practiced as a substitution for the traditional church baptism of babies. The author studied the mechanisms of preservation and transformation of popular Orthodox Christian traditions in the areas of the initial settlement of the migrants and among their descendants’ communities in the Trans-Ural.
Keywords	Belarusian immigrants, folk Orthodox tradition, of caroling with the “star”, ceremony “Candle”, the rite of immersion, the transformation of ethnic traditions, assimilation
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